Engaging hope: The experiences of male spouses of women with breast cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-406

  Duggleby, Wendy ^a   Bally, Jill ^b   Cooper, Dan ^c   Doell, Heather ^d   Thomas, Roanne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c REGINA QU APPELLE HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^d SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CAREGIVER; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 84865984309     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.400-406     Document Type: Article

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